*Scroll down to see photographs of plants, trees and birds!*Click to go to Camp Songs Well...we didn't go to Whaea Lesa's house to camp for the night but we did sleep the nightin our school hall or Multipurpose Room. We all went to Onepu Park to go mountainbiking, BMX-ing, a nature walk through the Wetlands and Bush-craft activities. We had a lot of family helpers and we all had a fun time!Mr Clark even came to talk to our class about the Wetlands and mountain bikingtracks that he had helped to make! Here are our photographs and videos:
Onepu Park 2013 on PhotoPeach
Room 7 class is going on a 'Sleep Over Camp' at Whaea Lesa's house in Week 4, Thursday the 7th Novemberto Friday 8th November 2013! That's right!
These are the activities planned for both days but they can still change.They are rotation activities of about 45-50 minutes for each activity: DAY ONE:
Activity 1 Wetlands Walk Whaea Lesa
Activity 2 Mountain Biking/BMX Track Mr Lees
Activity 3
Bushcraft Activities
Mr Haimona
*Walking through the Wetlandstrack while completing a simple'Treasure Hunt' booklet.
*The Outlaw - Grade 2, mountain biketrack and then the BMX track at theSandpit.
*Bush-craft and safety activitiessuch as tying knots, how tomake a stretcher to carry someoneout of the bush and so on.
*At the end of Day One, our class will head off to Kawerau Swimming Pools *Back to Whaea Lesa's for:- quiet time- class activities/going through booklet during dinner preparations- dinner / clean-up- activities and games with children and Parents- supper- songs- movie- sleep! DAY TWO:These are rotation activities that last about 45-50 minutes each:
Activity 1 Mr Lees Burma Trail
Activity 2 Whaea Lesa Map Reading
Activity 3 Mr Haimona Bush-craft Skills
*Children and Parentsare blindfolded and havingto follow a rope aroundobstacles.
*Picture from NET
*Children and Parentsfollowing a simple map aroundWhaea Lesa's farm-paddocks tofind objects hidden around thefarm. *Picture from NET
*Children and Parentsrevisiting bush-craft skills fromyesterday and lighting very smallfires to cook marsh-mellows andsmall sausages. *Picture from NET
*After Play- Final rotation activity- Team building games and activities with Parents- Lunch- After lunch, clean-up and packing up gear- Thank you to Parent helpers- Home or returning children to school for Pick-Up Plants and Trees we might see at Onepu Park:
Toitoi grass
Rimu
Rangiora plant
Kowhai flower
Karaka tree berries and leaves
Flax bush
Kowhai tree leaves
White Pine/Kahikatea
Cabbage Tree/Ti Kouka
Birds and Animals we might see at Onepu Park:*Click on the pictures to hear the bird calls (you will go to another site)
North Island Robin/Toutouwai
North Island Male Kiwi(calling its mate)
North Island Female Kiwi(calling her mate)
North Island FantailPiwaiwaka/Tiwakawaka(short feeding calls)
North Island FantailPiwakawaka/Tiwakawaka (territorial calls, moving from perch to perch)
Bellbird/Korimako
NZ Falcon/Karearea
Morepork/Ruru(introduced to NZ in early 1900s)
Whitehead/Popokotea(adult male feeding)
Parson Bird/Tui(people used to call this bird Parson bird
but people just call it Tui now)
Kokako Bird
Grey Warbler/Riroriro
Thomas has found out some interesting information about Wattle Birds! Tui is a Wattle bird and there are other Wattle birdsbut some are extinct now! Here are some pictures of other Wattle birds. Some birds are extinct from the mainlands but can be found living on small islands around NZ. One Wattle bird is found in Australia butonce lived in NZ!
Red Saddleback / Tieke There are more North Island Saddleback birds than
South Island birds. They mainly live on small islands
or in captivity.
Red Wattle bird Can be found in Australia but once lived in NZ.
Well...we didn't go to Whaea Lesa's house to camp for the night but we did sleep the nightin our school hall or Multipurpose Room. We all went to Onepu Park to go mountainbiking, BMX-ing, a nature walk through the Wetlands and Bush-craft activities.
We had a lot of family helpers and we all had a fun time!Mr Clark even came to talk to our class about the Wetlands and mountain bikingtracks that he had helped to make!
Here are our photographs and videos:
Room 7 class is going on a 'Sleep Over Camp' at Whaea Lesa's house in Week 4, Thursday the 7th Novemberto Friday 8th November 2013! That's right!
Interesting resource internet links:*Kiwi Conversation Club
http://www.kcc.org.nz/
*Department of Conservation (DOC) - Bird Songs
http://www.doc.govt.nz/conservation/native-animals/birds/new-zealand-bird-songs-and-calls/
These are the activities planned for both days but they can still change.They are rotation activities of about 45-50 minutes for each activity:
DAY ONE:
Wetlands Walk
Whaea Lesa
Mountain Biking/BMX Track
Mr Lees
Bushcraft Activities
Mr Haimona
*Back to Whaea Lesa's for:- quiet time- class activities/going through booklet during dinner preparations- dinner / clean-up- activities and games with children and Parents- supper- songs- movie- sleep!
DAY TWO:These are rotation activities that last about 45-50 minutes each:
Mr Lees
Burma Trail
Whaea Lesa
Map Reading
Mr Haimona
Bush-craft Skills
*Picture from NET
*Picture from NET
*Picture from NET
Plants and Trees we might see at Onepu Park:
Birds and Animals we might see at Onepu Park:*Click on the pictures to hear the bird calls (you will go to another site)
but people just call it Tui now)
Thomas has found out some interesting information about Wattle Birds! Tui is a Wattle bird and there are other Wattle birdsbut some are extinct now! Here are some pictures of other Wattle birds. Some birds are extinct from the mainlands but can be found living on small islands around NZ. One Wattle bird is found in Australia butonce lived in NZ!
There are more North Island Saddleback birds than
South Island birds. They mainly live on small islands
or in captivity.
Can be found in Australia but once lived in NZ.